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1. Choose 6 articles to peruse for each category (Touch and Sound) -so, a total of 12.

SOUND:

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/ Is about the physics of sound and how the physical properties influence how we perceive sound. Question: why are decibles a ratio? Why couldn’t we have thought of some solid number (like all decibles = dB SLP instead of having to deal with dBu and dBv etc.)? Also, why do we hear logarithmically?

http://www.prx.org/pieces/37234 This piece takes a biological approach to sound. What would it be like to have the hearing of a dog? How would that change where humans are, evolutionary and in regards to society, today?

http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Touch_illusion In the same way optical illusions exist, we can have our sense of touch fooled. Back in 3-6th grade, people in my class on caf duty (all of us, at some point) were obsessed with this one: “If a person exposes their forearm and closes their eyes or turns their head in the opposite direction while a second person slowly trace a finger from the wrist upward to the crook of the elbow, many people are unable to say when the crease of their elbow is being touched.” and many other touch illusions. Why? And when did we loose interest?

I decided to look up the answer to my own question “why doe humans hear logarithmically”. Here is the answer! Question: How do really loud sounds biologically affect the “spaces” allocated for softer sounds?

5. What is your driving question? (should be open-ended, perhaps starting with “How do we know” or “To what extent”)

How effective is the use of synesthesia in transferring ideas through writing?

6. How is your project inherently about knowledge/knowing?

It looks at the technique of the writer and how the specific words we choose actually affect how people think and feel.

7. What materials will you need?

A computer, and people to read my work.

8. Who could assist you / mentor you on this project?

Maybe Mr. St. John or Ms. Trout?

9. How will you present the project to the class?

I could have people read two copies of the same story: one written with traditionally ridged color descriptions, and one with more synestishic descriptions, and I could see which people like better and why.

10. Projects are due the Cycle of March 1 – how do you plan to manage the time for this task?

Have an outline done by next weekend, write the week after that, then edit the following week.